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.GEORGE H.

A' varri@ CARPETLINING..

SPECIFIcAtrroN femminepm of Letters Patent No. 230,205, dated July 2o, 1sslo.

Application filed March 10, 1880; (Model.)

.To all whom it may` concern Be it known thatv we, GEORGE I'I. SMITH and JOSEPH H. BEALE, of Boston, in the countyof Sui'olk and State of Massachusetts,z

have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Carpet-Linings, of which the following is a specification,

The object of our invention is to provide a cheap, simple, convenient, and durable carpetlining, which shall be less liable to harbor bugs and moths and retain moisture fromthe accidental spi-lling of water thereon` and to better hold or retain dust formed therein, and which lshall remain more' elastic or be less liable to roll of carpet-lining,l constructed according to our invention. Fig. 2 represents a cross-sec- -tion through the same.

A represents wood excelsior, cut or formed from any suitable wood, as heretofore, the liner the better. VVheu thus formed it is to be rolled, carded, orpassed through sui table machinery, to form it in to sheetsof the desired 'width and continuous in length; then it is passed upon or between sheets of paper, the under one, B,

,of which is somewhat lwider than the upper one, E, and the edges C ot' which are `turned over and upon the upper sheet, E, and-stitched through the whole or through the three thicknesses of paper C E B and the intervening sheet or layerIof wood excelsior A, which 'pervmauently confines the edges, the body portion being stitchedin like manner with. several rows of stitching, so as to securely hold the wood excelsior in position between the paper )as they rial permanently in position, as contemplated covering sheets. We prefer eight rows of stitching to a yard in width; but more or less may be employed, if desired.

Thus constructed, it may be formed in continuons lengths and rolled. up ,or formed into bales or otherwise as a new article of manufacture. The wood exe'elsior, when thus se cured within the sheets ofpaper, is better' adapted for carpet-lining than any other materia-1 heretofore employed, on account of its cheapness, cleanliness, and durability.

We are aware that heretofore carpet-linings have been constructed by inclosing fibrous materiallbetween a wide and narrow strip of paper and bending the projecting,` edges of the wide strip over upon and cementingthem to the surface of the narrow strip; and we are 'sMiTH AND Josnrn" n. BEALuoF Bos'rou, MAssAcHUsu'rrs;

also aware that heretofore carpet-linings have been constructed from a bat and a siuglesheet of paper folded over so as to incluse the bat, with its edges overlapping each other and secured.` Therefore we disclaim such inventions,

do not confine the bat or fibrous mateby our invention, one of the essential features of which consists in the. several rows of stitching passing through the lining;r from side to side.y f l Having thus described our invention, what we claim is- As yan improved manufacture, acarpet-lining composed of sheets of wood excelsior secured between two sheets of paper of different widths, the wider one having its edges turned over upon the vnarrower one and stitched through the several'thickncsses, as described, and having several parallel rows of stitching at short intervals throughout the width of the lining, so as to firmly secure the parts togethsubstantially as shown and described, as l er, and foi` the purposes set' forth.

' GEORGE H. SMITH. JOSEPH H.^BEALE.

Witnesses:

SYLvENUs WALKER, WM. H. PEARSON. 

